SIMULATION-BASED TEACHING AND STRUCTURED DEBREIFING

Simulation provides healthcare learners with opportunities to apply knowledge, practise skills and explore clinical decisions in a controlled learning environment. Its educational value depends on purposeful scenario design, effective facilitation and reflection that helps learners understand their actions and identify opportunities for improvement. **Simulation-Based Teaching and Structured Debriefing** equips healthcare educators, clinical instructors, preceptors and simulation facilitators with practical approaches to planning and delivering meaningful simulation experiences. The course explores how to develop realistic scenarios aligned with measurable learning outcomes, learners’ experience and available resources. Participants will examine how to prepare learners through clear prebriefing, establish expectations, allocate roles and create an environment where questions and mistakes can be discussed respectfully. The course also addresses guiding scenarios, observing performance and adjusting support while preserving opportunities for independent thinking. A central focus is structured debriefing: helping learners reflect on what happened, explain the reasoning behind their decisions and consider alternative approaches. Participants will explore questioning, constructive feedback and techniques for turning reflection into specific plans for future practice. By the end of the course, participants will be better prepared to design, facilitate and evaluate simulation sessions that strengthen clinical reasoning, teamwork and professional development while keeping patient safety central to learning.